FIT > Skinny

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Every time I talk about how skinny I used to be people think that I miss that body. I actually do not. I had it and made the conscious effort to gain weight in a way to have womanly curves, now I am trying to mold the curves to look Fit and be Healthy.

Well now the summer is fast approaching I prefer hanging with minimal clothing if you catch my drift.

Moving right along, in my quest to fitness I found Simple Green Smoothies April 30Day Challenge, now I am a believer!!!

Let me rewind a bit… A couple of months ago I watched “Fat Sick and Nearly Dead” it was a very inspirational documentary so I decided to try the juicing fad. But, I felt that all that fiber lost from juicing was too essential for the trash. I was not okay with spending all that money on produce just to get a few cups of nutrients. Luckily though I did not invest in one of those juicers that cost as much as some car notes.

So when my girl T introduced me to the Green Smoothies, I’m thinking ordinarily I do not usually buy smoothies but I was more willing to try it since

1.     Everything I blended would go down my esophagus and

2.     The professional Ninja Blender I bought last thanksgiving was on their recommendation list.

So Week 1: I was going in hard. I was ready. I went shopping. Since there were a total of five smoothies each week, I planned to replace my lunch each day with a smoothie. So I blended all 5 smoothies on that Sunday night. Finally Spinach and Kale finally started tasting awesome or shall I say Rawsome!

Come Monday… Boy was I dead wrong! First of all blending all the smoothies in one night was mistake #1 as they don’t stay nor taste fresh after like 12 hours.

Secondly, my coworkers thought I was sick or something because right after lunchtime the bubbly person they knew was dragging herself like a zombie. So I went back to drawing board, the Simple Green Smoothies website, and read a little bit more and found out that the smoothies are NOT meal replacements. They are specifically for snacking. Ohhh… so that’s the reason I felt so fatigued in the afternoons??? #ShakeMyHead.

I kept on reading some more so that I could follow every single piece of advice they had. My feeling was: GREAT! I got it… lets do this correctly in Week 2, well but I didn’t stop reading there you all know how “related articles” surface … this one article said “Smoothie Mistakes That Cause Weight Gain” OMG!!! OK!!! What am I doing??? What have I gotten myself into??? I am about to become unhealthy from healthy foods.

My new quest became finding the perfect balance of fruits and vegetables without any chunks. And I think I did! I learned that I could replace meals with smoothies if I added proteins. Lack of proteins was the reason for my fatigue. And that is how I created several tables of 300 – 400 calorie great tasting chunk-less smoothies!!!

Below are the tables of smoothies recipes I want to share with you all. None of the smoothies are my original idea. I scoured the Internet and whatever I found I tried and if I liked it I added it to the table as one easy location to make my life easier.

Enjoy, Share and Comment. Thanks for Reading!

X.O.X.O.

The Fit Me

• April 30 Days Smoothie Challenge
• Meal Replacement Smoothies